"There is no way out for survival. The Brazilian plateau is really raised by my stepmother, and it's a scam." On December 10, 1678, Liu Houfei, a commissioner of the Beining Regional Administration, held a fruit tree in his hand and said to himself a little annoyed: "But fortunately, we are smart and have come up with a solution, otherwise we will die!"

The new government came to power and implemented a so-called "going south" policy, which was to attract funds, technology and manpower that were silted in Brazil to move south, and develop the Pampa Plain, which was still in the hands of the Spanish. For this reason, some actions were also made that were ugly, such as recruiting suspicious horse bandits into Spain for sabotage, such as sending people to assassinate Spanish religious figures, such as sending troops directly into the Pampa Plain to force the Spaniards to bow their heads.

Although all these were achieved smoothly because of the strong national strength of the East Coast, they greatly damaged the international reputation of the East Coast. At least Liu Houfei himself believed that, and also introduced the country into the wrong direction, providing convenience for the development of other countries. Just as a famous businessman in the Jiaohe Port area said before, the East Coast people poured more national strength and resources into the Pampa Plain, and ignored the development of the tropical regions. This is extremely wrong. Because the market is there, if you don’t occupy it, there will always be others to occupy it. You don’t sell sugar, coffee, cocoa, and tobacco. The Portuguese will sell it, the British will sell it, the Dutch will sell it, the Spanish will sell it, and even the Cours will benefit from it.

This statement has some truth, but it is not completely absolute, because the East Coast government only cools down the tropical plantation industry in Brazil and does not kill it with one stick. What's more, New China Island produces the most tropical plantation products such as sugar, sisal, rubber, coffee, cocoa, pepper, herbs, coconuts, dyes (dyed plants that some industries cannot produce on a large scale). As long as the country's largest colony continues to maintain it smoothly, the East Coast Republic will never be considered absent from the international market of tropical commodities.

However, this is indeed fine at the national level, but if you stand on the standpoint of local officials like Liu Houfei, it will be more uncomfortable. Because the previous economic cycle of tropical commodities brought them extraordinary profits, making the local government's finances more abundant, and can better carry out construction, and officials are more likely to achieve results and be promoted. But what the hell is going on now? Investment is reduced, policy preferential efforts are weakening, and the capital management is gradually being tightened, which has brought endless nightmares to local officials in the Brazilian Plateau.

Look, the Dutch West India Company, which was originally confident in investing in the East Coast, is now looking for people around the bush to inquire whether the East Coast government is going to "give up" the Brazilian plateau? Will it get enough investment in security, medical care, and transportation construction in the future? You know, the Dutch West India Company took a fancy to this place and spent money to hire a lot of German country bumpkins from the old continent to open a plantation, which was originally for the above three conditions. Otherwise, wouldn't they go to Guyana to invest? Will they not invest in Tobago Island? Will they not invest in Guinea Bay, West Africa? Isn't it because there is chaos, harsh environment, and poor infrastructure!

However, all these complaints now do not seem to have much effect. The Executive Committee, which is in charge of the country's direction, seems to be going his own way! They even proposed a "noble" goal for this, that is, they are afraid that the people will indulge in tropical plantations, industries that contain great side effects, so they must vigorously develop industry and agriculture, put the country on track, and make profits in a "healthier way".

Liu Houfei, a specialist at the Beining Regional Administration, sneered at this statement. In his opinion, factories have worked hard to make money in production of machinery and parts, daily necessities and weapons, but tropical plantations are also working hard to make money. They have not stolen, robbed, or cheated, so why can't they be treated equally? Plantation work is a bit heavy, the environment is a bit poor, the labor mortality rate is a bit high, but the returns are large enough! It can also drive the development of multiple industries including food processing, navigation transportation, seedling selection, or

It is worth investing heavily. No matter how bad it is, it should be in the same position as other industries, rather than like now, banks have reduced the amount of loans and reduced the allocation of labor resources (the government has reduced the number of Polish workers allocated to state-owned plantations), and the supporting infrastructure construction is far away, so that some citizens who have settled here have the idea of ​​living in the south, not to mention non-national workers whose contracts expire, which undoubtedly have had a great negative impact on the local economy of the Brazilian plateau.

Of course, Liu Houfei's view cannot influence the country's major policies. In the Brazilian Plateau area, what we need to think about now is that the local economy breaks through the deadlock. For example, Hue, Jiaohe and other places may not need to be considered much for the time being. Their environment is humid and hot, so they can only go down the road along the tropical economy, but like the Beining area, there may not be no other way to go.

You should know that the climate in Beining is not as humid and hot as in the north, because it is located on the 800-meter plateau, and generally it is a subtropical climate. Moreover, the local soil is fertile, rivers are crisscrossing, and the development of agriculture and the food processing industry that has emerged from it is not impossible. This is even proven decades ago by the times. At that time, the Parish of Sao Paulo mainly provided wheat, corn, livestock, fruits, wine, dairy, oil and other foods for the tropical plantations in Rio de Janeiro. Occasionally, some tobacco were grown, but the scale was not very large. Now that the people of the East Coast occupy such a fertile land, and the development level is even more serious, can't we follow this path and blaze a new path?

Liu Houfei had carefully discussed future development plans with the officials and businessmen in the region before. After summarizing it up, we still have to admit that the best way out for development in Beining is currently still the food processing industry. Others are limited and are not within the priority scope.

The development of the food processing industry is actually very particular, and the primary issue is the choice of flagship products. After holding many meetings and listening to experts from the two giants in the domestic food industry, the regional administration finally decided to focus on the development of the canned food processing industry.

The reason for this is that in addition to the fact that there are relatively abundant fruits and meat sources in the local area, the biggest reason is that these two companies promised to invest in the Beining region. Among them, the state-owned Dafeng Food Company decided to set up a branch here, named Dafeng Food Company Beining Branch, which specializes in the production of various canned meat or canned fruits, in order to compete with the state-owned Ping An Canned Food Factory and enter the canned food market with increasingly profitable profits.

Just mid-month last month, Cai De, the general manager of Dafeng Factory, came to Beining County specifically to discuss the investment of the factory with the regional administration. At first, the Beining area planned to set up the factory in Beining County to make use of local resources nearby. However, Dafeng Food Company had some concerns about the transportation conditions from Beining County to the port city of Changshun County, and believed that if the production plant was located in Beining, the transportation of materials would be extremely inconvenient and the cost would be greatly increased. After all, there would be no obstacles for the passage of people, animals or small carriages on the roads leading to the hinterland of the Brazilian Plateau. However, if large trucks were allowed to pass, it would be impossible, unless you would be willing to have the super high accident rate.

Therefore, Mr. Cai of Dafeng Company insisted that setting up a canned food factory in Changshun County, which has an excellent port (formerly San Vicente Island, later Santos Port) that is not inferior to Hue (Rio de Janeiro) (formerly Santos Island, later port of Santos), is extremely beneficial to the long-term development of the factory. Otherwise, how can we compete with Ping'an Canned Food Factory? You should know that although Ping'an Port can only be used for navigation and small and medium-sized ships with low draft, the logistics cost is definitely much smaller than that of Beining County.

Liu Houfei was determined to disagree with the choice of the factory site, but his arm could not twist his thighs. The situation was stronger than that of the people. He was afraid that Dafeng Food Company would set up the factory in anger, so he could only be afraid in the end. Changshun County, Xingwen, made preparations for the preliminary preparations. In this way, the gap between the county located in the coastal area and other counties in the hinterland in the inland hinterland further widened, and the trend of unbalanced regional development became more and more obvious. Moreover, if the transportation problem between Beining and Changshun is not solved, the gap may be even greater. In the end, the whole region may be working for Changshun County to suck blood.

Coincidentally, Dafeng Food Company intends to set up a factory in Changshun County. Xu's Food Company (formerly Xuji Oil Pressing Factory, Xu's Dairy Industry, Xu's Orchard and other companies merged) also intends to open the factory in Changshun County because of its low logistics costs. Moreover, their new factory is similar to Dafeng Company, both of which are based on canned food as their main business direction, and are invention authorizations obtained from the Natural Science Park.

This kind of canned food is undoubtedly made of tinplate as raw materials, which is due to the rapid development of materials and machining technology in Tieling County. Compared with traditional glass canned food, meat or fruit is placed in a glass container, loosely plugged the bottle mouth with a stopper, and then put it in a hot water pool. After a long inspection, the bottle jam tightly and find a way to seal the tinplate with something. The canned food is not only strong and durable, but also has a few times the shelf life, which is conducive to long-distance transportation. It was warmly welcomed by the military as soon as it was launched. Now the development momentum is getting stronger and stronger, and it has a tendency to replace traditional glass canned food, provided that the cost of tinplate is slightly reduced.

The shelf life of canned tinplate is longer than that of glass canned because of two main reasons, namely the advancement of high-temperature sterilization and sealing technology. Both of the above technologies are by-products of the Academy of Natural Sciences when studying bacteria. They are currently permanently authorized to interested companies for production at a price of 5,000 yuan. Among them, high-temperature sterilization is more interesting because it is in a pool filled with calcium chloride. The canned meat containing half-cooked meat is steamed at a temperature higher than boiling water until the air is emptied. At this time, workers will seal the small holes on the top of the can with tin, and a small part of the oxygen remaining in the can will be combined with food to prevent further changes.

The sealed cans must be sent to the inspection workshop for inspection, generally by heating. If the food in the can rot, the gas will swell through the can, which is an unqualified product. If the can is intact and not swelled, the can is a qualified product and can be packed and transported to the designated location of the customer.

Don’t underestimate the development of this industry. Now, with the east coast "running around", colonization, trade or adventure activities continue to intensify, the demand for canned vegetables, canned fruits, canned meats and canned fish that are easy to preserve and transport, is increasing. This is a long-term optimistic sunrise industry. In fact, not only Dafeng and Xu’s food companies are optimistic, but the old canners Ping An Canned Food Factory and Ma’s Food Company (formerly Ma’s Orchard, Ma’s Ranch, etc.) have also turned their attention to this and are planning to set up factories in the southern cone with abundant fruit production and the coastal areas of Brazil.

Liu Houfei also planned to contact them, but the two companies finally went to Jiaohe Port and the other went to Hue Port, which made him feel quite regretful. However, it didn't matter much. He, Mr. Liu, had already brought two large food companies to invest in. The hinterland of Beining County has been developing for many years. The agricultural conditions are very good. He can continuously provide raw materials for the production plant in Changshun County. In the future, it will be a matter of time before the canned food industry is gradually expanded.

"The local area doesn't care about us now, and it's stuck. If we don't think of a way to transform and upgrade, the days ahead will probably become much more difficult." Looking at the large peach forest in front of him, Liu Houfei shook his head, obviously unable to fully let go: "Well, our tropical plantation can't be built, so let's transform in the future. Canned food is a long-term optimistic industry and we need to focus on development. In addition, we have obtained improved biscuits, chocolates, and wheat milk from Dafeng Food Company.

If you want to authorize food patents, then invest and develop by yourself, you must also be included in the agenda as soon as possible. Dafeng Factory also obtained a patent from the Natural Science Academy. It has made a lot of money over the years, and the patent extension has almost ended. Now when you buy it, you should be able to obtain it at a very low price. You should know that our Beining is not only suitable for growing grain, fruits and tobacco, but also very suitable for growing cocoa. Northern Seed Company has cultivated cocoa seeds that are adapted to the climate of the Brazilian plateau, and it is time to introduce and spread it out."

"In the future, we will transform and develop various specialty foods and take the path of the food industry. In this way, the elderly on the Executive Committee will have no reason to accuse us." Liu Houfei thought at the end.
Chapter completed!